#first

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. ↗

— Thucydides

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We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

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We're not leaving; we are just making sure we're not hurt too much by the level of the yen. We are stunned by the yen at 78 or 79 to the dollar, which is a historical high. The country's suffering. My duty is first to make sure Nissan gets unscathed through the turbulence to protect the company, without forgetting the fact we're a Japanese company. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

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First we have to believe, and then we believe. ↗

— Martha Graham

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In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair. ↗

— Andy Gibb

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I've always been thin. If you go back to when we first started I've always been skinny. ↗

— Robin Gibb

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I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer. ↗

— Richard Strauss

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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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When I got a deposit on my very first cake, I took that deposit and I bought some cake mix with it. I've never taken a loan - ever. And we're doing this expansion just like everything we've done in this bakery as we've grown. If we weren't able to afford paying for something cash, we didn't buy it. ↗

— Duff Goldman

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